Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark portrait of beauty While these blanket ivory ban

While these blanket ivory ban laws are designed to help stop the horrific practices associated with the elephant ivory trade

but seems stable now and structurally sound

But keep it safe and of it use

so this feels all the more like a lost treasure

with plenty of wear all over

Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark portrait of beauty While these blanket ivory banJust the name "Fearless Threshing Machine" in bold black lettering sold me on this envelope, feeling especially resonant at the moment, and the graphic, with apparently fearless man sandwiched between horses and machine, is pretty great too plus the just right name of the manufacturer: Minard Harder. With beautiful black ink calligraphy addressing the cover to a M. A Sprice(r?) of Unadilla Forks, NY; postmarked 1880 from Cobbleskill, NY, with a 3 cent